do you really care about the PR of your website?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Li Weng, Dec 17, 2008.

  1. #1
    We know that high PR is good, as Google
    assigns more value to them. But having
    a high PR doesn't directly do anything to
    your SERP, which means it doesn't really
    help much in terms of search engine traffic.

    Sure high PR might get you traffic from other
    sources, and it probably indicates that
    you're producing quality content that people
    like to read/watch, but I think this kind of
    traffic is negligible compared to search engine
    traffic.

    Another good point about high PR is that if
    you ever decide to sale your website, it will
    be valued higher.

    So do you really care that much about the PR
    of your website?

    If you're getting decent amount of traffic anyway,
    do you care if you're a PR1 and not a PR4?
     
    Li Weng, Dec 17, 2008 IP
  2. jitendraag

    jitendraag Notable Member

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    #2
    I don't care about the PR much if site is getting good traffic. I am still inclined to see my PR when I see PR update threads here !
     
    jitendraag, Dec 18, 2008 IP
  3. Sharpwebhosting

    Sharpwebhosting Member

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    #3
    i care more about ranking high for the keywords i target as long as my pr isn't 0 I'm a happy guy.
     
    Sharpwebhosting, Dec 18, 2008 IP
  4. divyanshu.tomar

    divyanshu.tomar Banned

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    #4
    well I currently have PR 2
    I am not satisfied and want atleast PR4
    So, I do care about it!!
     
    divyanshu.tomar, Dec 18, 2008 IP
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    crivion Notable Member

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    #5
    I care about PR but it's not a way of life achieving pr like others doo
     
    crivion, Dec 18, 2008 IP
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    discuss4u Well-Known Member

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    No. I care about the ranking a lot more than PR.
     
    discuss4u, Dec 18, 2008 IP
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    debach Banned

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    #7
    I really care for both, PR and SERP. :)
     
    debach, Dec 18, 2008 IP
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    DrivingTraffic.com Peon

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    Most agree here ranking is more important. I never understand why some people get so concerned with PR.
     
    DrivingTraffic.com, Dec 18, 2008 IP
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    #9
    I don't really care too much about PR for my own sites.
    I find that many of my clients judge success by having a higher PR number so I try to bump those ones the most so the client is comfortable that I'm achieving results.
    Page Rank is definitely is a little over hyped.
     
    topsearchresult, Dec 18, 2008 IP
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    humanedited Peon

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    Personally, the only thing I think a high PR is good for is as a selling tool for advertising on my websites. It's easier to sell ads to someone on a PR5 site than it is on a PR1 site (even if the PR1 site gets more traffic).
     
    humanedited, Dec 18, 2008 IP
  11. Avitus

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    PR is irrelevant to me. I care about my monthly check..
     
    Avitus, Dec 18, 2008 IP
  12. sweetfunny

    sweetfunny Banned

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    #12
    Yep, i don't even care what keywords i rank for. I just care about the math, if i put $500 in to a site and pull $2,500 out of it for example that right there is what matters.
     
    sweetfunny, Dec 18, 2008 IP
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    tonyrocks Active Member

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    It depend on the day of the week :) I do believe it is important to have a good page rank for linking strategies, but I swear I get some crazy traffic on sites of mine with no PR. Sometimes social networking beats up PR :)
     
    tonyrocks, Dec 18, 2008 IP
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    No, I just care about the number of people visiting my sites and those that actually buy.
     
    SGBoise, Dec 18, 2008 IP
  15. JessieJames27

    JessieJames27 Active Member

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    Some say Pr is worthless but for me, it plays an important role in a site. A great certification of a good site. Anyway, I care about the number of people visiting my site that converts to lead and sales.
     
    JessieJames27, Dec 18, 2008 IP
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    sweetfunny Banned

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    Ahh no, a totally blank page can get Pagerank so does having Pagerank make it great?
     
    sweetfunny, Dec 18, 2008 IP
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    I do care about the PR of my page , not my website. once I want to promote a specific page I want to make sure his PR will be high as well.
     
    YSeo, Dec 18, 2008 IP
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    I like to see PR as something that shows me, if I doo good stuff on my website or not. If it goes up, I know that Ive doone the right stuff for SEO, and if it goes down (actually never happened to me yet), I would see that I need to change something in my optimization efforts.
    The end number is not that important
     
    Preseren, Dec 19, 2008 IP
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    #19
    Hi Friend,

    Read Your Question.

    Really interesting.

    I have 2 site and 1 blog.blog is on health care topic.

    For all these 3,PR is really important for me.

    I select my blog content as per PR point view.

    In short,PR is also important factor with ranking of any site or blog.
     
    realistic, Dec 19, 2008 IP
  20. Giamatti

    Giamatti Well-Known Member

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    #20
    i would rather rank high in SERP's then have a high PR.

    yet its always nice to see a nice PR ;)
     
    Giamatti, Dec 19, 2008 IP